Vehicle-hub and cap.



. NI. LANSDEN VEHICLE HUB AND CAP. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1914.

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JOHN M. LANSIDEN, JR, 013 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

VEHICLE-HUB AND car.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2t), 1915..

Application filed. June 9, 1914. Serial No. 843,979.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. LANSDEN, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Vehicle-Huband Cap, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means to prevent accidental loss of hub caps, particularly due to the vibration of the parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for removing hub caps without the need of a wrench, or other special tool.

These and further objects will more fully appear from the following specification and accompanying drawings, considered together or separately:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a wheel embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an end view of a hub embodying the invention, the cap and part of the hub being in section, the section being taken on the line 2, 2 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a side view of the hub illustrated in Fig. 2.

In all of the views, like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, 1 represents the hub. This hub has a barrel 2 which extends beyond and incloses the outer extremity of the axle and also incloses the nut, as shown. On the outer end of the barrel is a cap 8. This cap has a portion provided with screw threads which enter the barrel and hold it in position, as shown. The cap is also provided with a flange 4 which engages with the outer face of the barrel. The face of the cap has a plurality of bosses 5. I prefer to employ four, as shown. These bosses are sufficiently large and rugged to permit the cap being rotated by the application of a simple tool, such as a rod or bar, between the bosses.

To prevent the accidental rotation of the cap, it is provided with a set screw 6. This set screw enters a threaded hole extending from the face of the cap in line with the in side edge of the face of the hub barrel. I prefer that this hole shall be drilled through one of the projecting bosses as shown. It is arranged preferably at an angle to the plane of the hub face as shown in Fig. 2. It is also preferably arranged at an angle tothe radius of the hub cap face, as shown in Fig.

3. By arranging it at an angle to the plane of the hub face, as shown in Fig. 3, when the set screw comes into contact with the barrel it will tend to force the cap outward and engage the threads of the cap with the threads in the barrel, thereby tending to lock the two together. By arranging the screw at an angle to the radius of the hub cap face, the engagement of the pointed end of the screw with the barrel will tend to rotate the cap in the direction of the arrow, as shown in Fig. 3. In the particular embodiment shown, the tendency through the engagement of the set screw with the barrel, is to rotate the cap in a counterclockwise direction, and therefore the screw threads connecting the cap and barrel are so arranged that the cap is screwed on by being rotated in the same direction. Hence it is apparent that the set screw engaging with the barrel tends to rotate the cap in the direction to more firmly seat it.

In removing the cap, the set screw is first backed-off to clear the end of the hub barrel as by means of a screw driver applied to the kerf in the end of the set screw, shown in Fig. 2. The cap is then rotated by any kind of simple tool, such as a crowbar, placed between any two of the bosses.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which, I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that the invention can be carried out in other ways.

aving now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 0

1. In a wheel, a hub barrel and a hub cap, connected by means of screw threads, in combination with a set screw passing through the cap and engaging with the barrel, said screw lying at an angle to the plane of the face of the cap.

2. In a wheel, a hub barrel and a hub cap, connected by means of screw threads, in combination with a set screw passing through the cap and engaging with the barrel, said screw lying at an angle to the radius of the l 3. In a wheel, a hub barrel and a hub cap, connected by means of screw threads, in

combination with a :set screw passing through the cap and engaging with the barrel, said screw lying at an angle to the plane of the face of the cap and also lying at an angle to the radiusof the cap.

4. In a wheel, a hub barrel and a hub cap, connected by means of screw threads, there being a plurality of bosses in the face of the cap, in combination with a set screw passing through one of the bosses and engaging with the barrel, said screw lying at an angle to the plane of the face of the cap.

5. In a wheel, a hub barrel and a hub cap, connected by means of screw threads, there being a plurality of bosses in the face of the cap, in combination With a set screw passing through one of the bosses and engaging with the barrel, said screw lying "at an angle to the radius of the cap.

(5. In a Wheel, a hub barrel and a hub cap, connected by means of screw threads, there being a plurality of bosses in the face of the cap, in combination with a set screw passing JOHN M. LANSDEN, J R. Witnesses:

G. AYERS,

F. C. REIMOLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1).0. 

